Corner-stay for boxes or other receptacles.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1903...

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APPLIOATION FILED MAY 17. 19,01.. I

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ucnms PETERS co, pamaumo.. wAsNm No. 728,688. Patented May 19, 1903,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE W. DYARMAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO COLONEL E. BRIGHT, OE COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND HENRY H. DEWEY,

- OF CLEVELAND, OHIO. 1

CORNER-STAY FORBOXESOR OTl-IER RECEPTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,688, dated May 19, 1903.

Application tiled May 1'7, 1901. Serial No. 60,657. (No model.)

. To all whom it may con/cern.- at the corner, for the. reason that it consti- Beitknown thatLGEORGE V.DYARMAN,a tutes the corner itself, the ends of the side citizen of the United States, residing at Clevepieces being hidden from view; land, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of In the drawings, l representsthe outer por- 5 Ohio,haveinvented new and usefullmprovetion of the main body of the stay, and 2 the 55 ments in Corner-Stays for Boxes orother Reinner portion of theV same. These two porceptacles, of which the following is a specititions are each angular in section to t the cation. outer and inner corners of the box or other This invention-relates to corner-stays for receptacle to which it is applied. As most lo boxes or other receptacles, andrhas forits obreceptacles have right-angled corners, the 6o jects the production of a device of this charstays will generallybemade with that angle, acter which is neatin appearance, simple and although that is by no means necessary. The strong in construction, and which is convenouter and inner portions l and 2 are conient in application. Y nected together at their centers by a web 3,

t5 In order to make my invention more readwhich preferably extends throughout their 65 ily understood, I shall describe the same by length, the distance between the two portions reference to the accompanying drawings, in being substantially equal to the thickness of which- Y the sides or ends of the box. Formed upon Figure l shows a top plan view ofmy im the adjacent faces of these two portions, near zo proved stay as it appears when applied to the each edge thereof, are angular tongues or 7o corner of a carriage box or body. Fig. 2 is a ridges 4, the same being shown considerably perspective view of this form of stay. Fig. exaggerated in the drawings. These ridges,

3 is a perspective View of the sills for the carof which there may be any desired number, riage box or body, showing the rabbeted corextend throughout the length of the stay and z5 ners to tit the angles on the corner-stay, and are preferably staggered, so that those on the 75 Fig. 4. is a perspective View of my improved outer portion will not be exactly opposite stay in the form in which it is generally apthose on the inner portion. plied to the corners of ordinary boxes. When it is desired to make up a plain box,

Similaireference characters designate corcorner-stays like that shown in Fig. 4, hav- 3o responding parts throughout the several ing the proper length and with a width bev8o views. tween the portions 1 and 2 substantially As will be readily understood, it is very equal to the thickness of the material to be desirable for manufacturers of receptacles, used, are selected. This material forming and especially of carriage-bodies, trunks, and the sides 5, which may be wood, papier- 35 the like, to have a corner-stay which can `be mch, soft metal, or anything else that is 85 easily and quickly applied and which will suitable, is driven or otherwise forced downwhen in place preseutaneat appearance and wardly between the portions l and 2, the will at the same time render the receptacle tongues 4 grooving or indenting the same as firm and strong. Great difticulty has been it enters. When it is forced into the stay as 4o experienced by carriage manufacturers, for described, the tongues will be tightly wedged 9o example, in forming the corners of their in the grooves or indentures, which will buggy-boxes so that they will notopen as the make it impossible for the stay and the side wood shrinks. This immediately gives the piece to pull apart. The adjacent side piece carriage an unsightly appearance and also of the box is similarly driven between the 45 weakens the structure. Furthermore, in orother branches of the portions 1 and 2, when 95 der'to produce a neat-appearing and substanthe corner is complete. tial corner 'careful and' high-class workmen Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show my improved cornermust be employed, which adds Very mat-eristay as adapted to the corner of carriage boxes ally to the cost of manufacture. My invenorbodies. These boxes require great strength,

5o tion makes it impossible for the box to open and for this reason they are provided with sill- Ioo Y si pieces extending about the interior of the same, said sills being shown at 6. Secured to or cast with the outer and inner portions land 2 of the stay are angular extensions 7 and 8, which preferably fit into rabbets 9 and l0, formed in the corners of the sills 5, so as to make a neat-appearing and at the same time a Very strong joint, the angles being secured to the sills. As appears in Fig. l the side pieces 5 extend down alongside the sills 6, to which they are also suitably secured. Thus with the side pieces closely wedged between the outer and inner portions of the stay, the stay secured to the sills 6 by means of the angle-pieces 7 and 8, and the sides 5 further secured to the sills a remarkably strong box must be the result.

As will be understood, the stays may be made of any suitable material and may be either painted or enameled to correspond with the color of the receptacle to which they are applied, or they may be plated or polished to give a bright metallic finish.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a stay for receptacles and the like, an outer and an inner portion connected together between which the side of the receptacle is adapted. to be forced, and means on the inner surfaces of said portions for engaging with the side piece to hold it in position,said means cooperating with both sides of the side piece.

2. In a stay for receptacles and the like, an outer and an inner portion connected together i between which theside of the receptacle is ridges on the inner surfaces of each of said portions on each side of the web, said tongues or ridges being so formed that as the side piece is driven between the outer and inner portions they will groove or indent the same to hold it in place.

' 4. In a stay for receptacles and the like, an outer and an inner portion connected together between which the side piece of the receptacle is adapted to be forced, tongues or ridges on the inner surface of each of said portions, said tongues being staggered and located some distance from the opening between said portions, and being of such a shape that when the side piece is driven into its position they will groove or indent the same, for the purpose specified.

5. In a corner-stay for carriage-bodies and the like, an outer and inner portion which are angular to conform to the shape of the corner, a web connectingr said portions together substantially at their corners, angular extensions on said outer and inner portion by means of which they may be secured to the sills of the carriage-body, and tongues or ridges on the inner surfaces of said portions, said tongues being substantially at right angies to the said angular extensions.

6. In a corner-stay for carriage-bodies and the like, an outer and an inner portion which are angular to conform to the sha-pe of the corner, a web connecting said portions together substantially at their corners, tongues or ridges on the adjacent faces of said portions to hold the sides of the carriage-body in position as described, and angular extensions on said outer and inner portions by means of which they may be secured to the sills of the carriage-body, said tongues or ridges being staggered on opposite sides of the side pieces to prevent undue weakening of the same.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. DYARMAN. Witnesses:

S. E. FoUTs, EDWARD A. KLINE. 

